Just when we thought it was going to be a quiet week for Nokia, we've been surprised by the arrival of the Nokia 7230 up for pre-order. This slider phone has a 2.4-inch screen and is running the Series 40 OS, it's also an incredibly affordable handset with some neat tech tucked away inside. Find out all about the Nokia 7230 after the jump...

The Nokia 7230 first came to notice when it was launched at the end of 2009 at the same time as the Nokia 6700 Slide. This is another slide device and with a pre-order offering the handset in Graphite or Hot Pink, you can choose one to suit your needs.

The Nokia 7230 is a slide form factor phone that weighs juts 100g. The quad-band phone comes with 70MB of internal memory but the microSD slot allows for support of up to 16GB. Other features include 3.2-Megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 3.5mm audio jack, as well as access to Flicr and Facebook built-in.

What's more, with a price of just £129 (inc. VAT) SIM free, the Nokia 7230 is set to be one of the more affordable handsets with this level of tech on the market. You can check out the Nokia 7230 at Nokia Online.

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